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Average time to first answer

Just trying out my T-SQL foo. Wrote a script to get the average time (in seconds) to first answer for a specified language. -- Could not get this so that the user entered -- the language in a box at …

sql datetime t-sql stackexchange

asked by Loki Astari 16 votes answered by rolfl 12 votes

Check a string to see if it is a palindrome

I have written two code pieces of to find if a given string is a palindrome: public static bool FirstMethod(string str) { int i = 0; int j = str.Length - 1; while (i<j) { …

c# palindrome comparative-review

asked by kyle 15 votes answered by ckuhn203 17 votes

Console application for providing detailed error messages

I'm writing a console application where I need to provide detailed error messages in case anything goes wrong. As a result of this, I find myself splitting up my code into many pieces and making sure …

c# console error-handling

asked by soren.qvist 13 votes answered by Pimgd 11 votes

Simple random number generator

I have been wanting to learn programming for some time now and decided to really give it a shot today. I have edited and read lots of things in Java to fix small issues but never written from scratch. …

python beginner python-2.7 random

asked by Dzzs 13 votes answered by paritosh 11 votes

Unit Testing for isPrime function

I've decided that I want to take a stab at test first programming. So, before I tackled writing an isPrime function, I wrote this unit test. It's my first and I'm not sure I'm doing this right. I was …

c# unit-testing primes

asked by ckuhn203 12 votes answered by mleyfman 3 votes

Using a static variable inside a lambda

Is using a static variable in a lambda function ok, or considered a bad practice? The code below works as intended (fills a vector with consecutive numbers). #include <iostream> #include …

c++ c++11

asked by w.b 12 votes answered by Loki Astari 11 votes

Implement "Upgrades" Feature for Game

I am building a simple adventure game that has "upgrades" feature. In this game, user controls one player, that can be upgraded to increase things such as: Amount of gold earned Maximum health …

java game

asked by topher 12 votes answered by bazola 13 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Fast way of searching for a string in a text file

I have written this code to search for a string in a .txt file. Is it possible to optimize the code so that it searches for the string in fastest manner possible? Assuming the text file would be a …

java algorithm strings search file

asked by Allen Savio 8 votes answered by rolfl 6 votes

Different way of writing multiple click functions

I have the following .click() functions: $('.tab').click(function(){ $('.tab').removeClass('activeTab'); $(this).addClass('activeTab'); }); $('.edit').click(function(){ $(this).hide(); …

jquery html

asked by Kris Hollenbeck 4 votes answered by Flambino 10 votes

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Binomial Heap in Haskell

Here's a partial binomial heap implementation in Haskell (just merge and insert): module BinomialHeap where data BinomialTree a = Tree { key :: a , order :: Integer …

data-structures haskell heap

asked by Inaimathi 2 votes

Modification of the headline line-height in the Compass vertical rhythm module

One thing nagged me about the compass vertical rhythm module; in the case the headline is too long and it occupies more than one line the line-height between the two lines looks way too massive and …

sass

asked by rpk 2 votes

Selecting template from database using organization ids

This is my first SQL post over here, and in fact, I have more or less the experience of a regular SQL programmer, except that the task at hand this time was way harder than normal. I am expecting, …

sql database stored-procedure mariadb

asked by skiwi 5 votes